The two leading candidates in Ghana's presidential election say they are confident of victory based on their own tallies, as the schedule for the announcement of official results was delayed.
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Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) said on Tuesday morning that President Nana Akufo-Addo held a slight lead in his bid for re-election, with 52.72 per cent of the votes from 88 per cent of polling stations.
But on Tuesday night, his main rival, former President John Mahama, said he had won 10 of 16 regions, according to his camp's preliminary tally.
"We will resist any attempt to subvert the will of the people," Mahama said in a speech.
Both sides have said they will also likely come away with a majority in the parliamentary vote.
Ghana is seen as a solid democracy in an unstable region. Free of pressing concerns about security or ethnic unrest, the main candidates have been able to focus on their competing plans to end an economic crisis in West Africa's second-largest economy.
The election commission was expected to announce results on Tuesday but said they would be delayed, without giving an updated schedule.
Australian Associated Press
